82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

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Thought he was better than previous weeks. Still think he shouldn't be in the back line but for the most part held his own.
 
waspish said:
Why does pep? Who knows more about a player, football than any of us! why does he pick him continually?
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Technically Pep has no choice but to play him.

Everyone being fit, Ricos minutes would be drastically less, and they should be, I dont think he even expected to play this much already.

His future for us is the nice ultimate utility player.

Go slot in as RB, LB, as an 8, wherever we need him to. While id still personally like to see him stick to and learn 1 role.
 
WallyA said:
Technically Pep has no choice but to play him.

Everyone being fit, Ricos minutes would be drastically less, and they should be, I dont think he even expected to play this much already.

His future for us is the nice ultimate utility player.

Go slot in as RB, LB, as an 8, wherever we need him to. While id still personally like to see him stick to and learn 1 role.
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Go play RB, cover CM and DM, then at 70minutes, do the same but from LB

cheers kid. Must be a nightmare mentally.
 
I like him. Needs to bulk up a bit to compensate for his lack of height, but that will come with age like it did with Foden (and Palmer, just not at City). Also needs a run out of the side once we've got a couple of new faces in - him and Gvardiol together. But he's not far off 100 appearances for City and I'd like to see what his next 100 are like.
 
I find it too early for him to be the 1st 11 player. He can play but the team suffers and lacks strength.
 
He's 20 years old and although at times his positioning is suspect this will improve with experience as will his strength. I'm not sure he'll even make it as a full back in a Pep team due to lack of pace but there is a lot to be said for his courage and close control that leads me to think he could be a useful midfield player but he's just not ready yet for week in week out first team appearances
 
I'm not sure if he's ever going be good enough for midfield or fullback for the level we want to be at but he's not exactly being helped by Pep right now either. Personally think the inverted fullback role he's being asked to play is only highlighting his weaknesses as a player and our weaknesses as a team. He's on a bad run and just think he and the team would benefit massively from a simplified role and being asked to just play RB. Right now he clogs up the middle and ends up on the ball where you'd much rather see Phil and Kev on it in advanced positions or Kovacic and Bernardo deeper. Then off it he's miles out of position and doesn't have the pace to recover. When he does have to recover suddenly he has to sprint out of central midfield, which then opens up huge gaps around Kovacic and nobody ahead has the legs to get back in. CBs then have to be dragged out of position to either cover the glaring holes out wide or in front of them. If the whole team is on song and confident you can probably deal with these issues better. Right now though the whole team, and in particular the defence, is shot on confidence. It only takes a split second of doubt in a decision to stick or twist and there's a chance against us.
 
Barcon said:
Eh?
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“In sports, garbage time is the period toward the end of a timed sports competition that has become a blowout and the outcome has effectively already been decided. Typically during garbage time, the coaches of one or both teams will replace their best players with substitutes.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_time#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> This serves to give these substitutes, who are usually less experienced or younger players, actual playing experience, as well as to protect the best players from the possibility of injury” hope this helps bacon
 
Dawsenna said:
“In sports, garbage time is the period toward the end of a timed sports competition that has become a blowout and the outcome has effectively already been decided. Typically during garbage time, the coaches of one or both teams will replace their best players with substitutes.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_time#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> This serves to give these substitutes, who are usually less experienced or younger players, actual playing experience, as well as to protect the best players from the possibility of injury” hope this helps bacon
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Well we call it substitutes!
 
Sir peace frog said:
this is the role rico should of been playing this year ,getting his experience from the bench without too much pressure, i personally think he has done well for us, not quite ready yet , but a very useful squad player
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Exactly the point. It is to his great credit that he has been willing to sacrifice himself for the team. He is a courageous, tenacious little player with sound technique, who has been willing to play in a multitude of positions to help his boyhood club. Anyone castigating him is in the wrong, IMO.
 
oldius said:
Exactly the point. It is to his great credit that he has been willing to sacrifice himself for the team. He is a courageous, tenacious little player with sound technique, who has been willing to play in a multitude of positions to help his boyhood club. Anyone castigating him is in the wrong, IMO.
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Midgets don’t like being called little anymore btw
 
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